sister-carrie-嘉莉妹妹

SisterCarrie（嘉莉妹妹）-----TheodoreDreiser（西奥多·德莱塞）AuthorPlotTheme123ContentFather:aGermanimmigrant；aCatholicfarmer;movetoAmericatoescapetheconscription(征兵);treatchildrenseverely,onlytomakethemdistantfromhim.Dreiser:borninTerreHaute,Indiana,onAugust27,1871,toSarahandJohnPaulDreiser,astrictCatholicfamily;the12thof13children;unhappychildhoodinfluencedbythewholefamily.LifeExperienceBrothers/Sisters:driftintodrunkness,promiscuityandsqualor;twoofhissisterswereseduced;Hisolderbrother:thepopularsongwriter,PaulDresserapatternforDreiser.Mother:fromafarmingcommunity;illiterateandearnest;aChristian；even-temperedandgoodnatured.Educationbefore18891889-1890from1892graduatefromhighschoolinWarsaw;workonhisownattendedIndianaUniversity;dropout1yearlaterexperience;independentreadingandthinkingSaraWhite:marriedheronDecember28,1898;ultimatelyseparatedin1909;butneverformallydivorced.ThelmaCudlipp:theseparationwaspartlyasaresultofhisinfatuationwithher,theteenagedaughterofaworkcolleague.KyraMarkham:livedwithher,whowasanactressandpainter,muchyoungerthanhim,inthe1930s.HelenRichardson:methiscousinH.R.in1919,withwhomhebegananaffairwithsado-masochisticelements;eventuallymarriedonJune13,1944.Marriage(loveaffairs)•KyraMarkham(1891–1967)wasanactress,figurativepainterandprintmaker.1892:wrotefortheChicagoGlobenewspaperandthentheSt.LouisGlobe-Democrat,whichpreparedalotforhislaterwriting.1900:SisterCarrie«嘉莉妹妹»Laterhehadaspiritualcrisis,whichpeoplethinkwascausedbythecontradictionamongwriting,makingalivingandfamily.1903:beganwritingagain,workingforseveralnewspapers1911:JennieGerhardt«珍妮姑娘»Inthenext15yearshiswritingcareerreachedapeak,whenhefinishedmostofhismainworks.10yearsnoworksnewspapersCareerSisterCarrie1912:TheFinancier«金融家»1914:TheTitan«巨人»1915:TheGenius«天才»,anautobiographicalwork1925:AnAmericanTragedy«美国悲剧»,bannedinBostonin19271946:TheBulwark«堡垒»,publishedafterhisdeath1947:TheStoic«斯多葛»,publishedafterhisdeath(Theprotagonist:FrankCowperwood,abusinessman,hisexperiencefromsuccesstofailure)TrilogyofDesire“欲望三部曲”Career•DustjacketofearlyeditionofAnAmericanTragedy,publishedbyHoraceLiveright'sBoni&Liveright,1926FictionSisterCarrie(1900)OldRogaumandHisTheresa(1901)JennieGerhardt(1911)TheFinancier(1912)TheTitan(1914)TheGenius(1915)FreeandOtherStories(1918)TwelveMen(1919)AnAmericanTragedy(1925)Chains:LesserNovelsandStories(1927)AGalleryofWomen(1929)TheBulwark(1946)TheStoic(1947)WorkListNonfiction•ATraveleratForty(1913)•AHoosierHoliday(1916)•HeyRub-a-Dub-Dub:ABookoftheMysteryandWonderandTerrorofLife(1920)•ABookAboutMyself(1922)•TheColorofaGreatCity(1923)•DreiserLooksatRussia(1928)•MyCity(1929)•TragicAmerica(1931)•Dawn(1931)•AmericaIsWorthSaving(1941)WorkListDrama•PlaysoftheNaturalandSupernatural(1916)•TheHandofthePotter(1918),firstproduced1921WorkListPoetry•TheAspirantThemeTitleinhereAmericanDreamChangeandTransformationChoicesandConsequencesWealthandPovertyIdentitySex1945---DreiserdiedofheartfailureathishomeinHollywood,Californiaattheageof74,onDecember28.HewasburiedatForestLawnCemeteryinHollywood.F.ScottFitzgerald(1896-1940):DreiseristhegreatestfiguresincontemporaryAmerican.SinclairLewis(1885-1991):“Dreiserisoftennotappreciated,andsometimeshatedbythepeople.ButcomparedwithanyotherAmericanwriter,hewasalwaysinventiveandmoveforwardinthefieldofAmericanFiction.Withouthisexploration,Isuspectthatamonguswhichone-unlesshewillinglygotojailfor-daretodepictoutlife,beautyandfear.EvaluationPlotSummary／TheanalysisofmaincharactersCarolineMeeberCharlesH.DrouetGeorgeW.HurstwoodCarolineMeeber-----“北漂”and“小三”1.Ayoungdreamchaser2.Immature:bothincareerandlove3.SymbolizesthepeoplewhowantstofindajobinbigcitiesnowadaysCharlesH.Drouet----“高富帅”1.Playboy2.Middle-levelpeople3.ThereferenceobjecttoreflectthethemeGeorgeW.Hurstwood------“男人的反面教材”1.Irresponsible2.Poorself-controlability3.NotstrongConclusionofthethemeSisterCarriebestembodiesDreiser'snaturalisticbeliefthatwhilemenarecontrolledandconditionedbyheredity,instinctandchance,afewextraodinaryandunsophisticatedhumanbeingsrefusetoaccepttheirfatewordlesslyandinsteadstrive,unsuccessfully,tofindmeaningandpurposefortheirexistence.Carrie,asoneofsuch,sensesthatsheismerelyacipherinanuncaringworldyetseekstograspthemysteriesoflifeandtherebysatisfiesherdesiresforsocialstatusandmaterialcomfort.